Mephisto (A Rhapsody)

Mephisto (A Rhapsody)
Author: Samuel Gallet
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2019-10-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1786829541

In the town of Balbek the far right are about to seize power. At the local theatre, Aymeric dreams of celebrity; Lucas longs for a liberal revolution; Michael is seduced by the extremists; Juliette Demba is in fear for her life. As this political earthquake ripples through the town, Aymeric must make his choice: resist the forces of hatred or harness them for his own success. Based on the real life story of Gustaf Gründgens, whose dreams of fame led him to betray everything, and at the peak of his career, perform Faust for Hitler, Mephisto [A Rhapsody] is a searing contemporary response to Klaus Mann's banned, and fiercely political cult novel. Samuel Gallet's urgent new play asks: what would you sacrifice to do the right thing?

Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to Bartók

Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to Bartók
Author: Lynn M. Hooker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199739595

In the early twentieth century, Bela Bartók and his circle argued for a new definition of "Hungarianness," one which centered around folksong rather than the "Hungarian-Gypsy" style relied upon by Franz Liszt and his contemporaries. This book traces the historical process that defined the conventions of Hungarian-Gypsy style, and reveals through this decades-long debate what it meant to be Hungarian, European, and modern.

The Compleat Busoni, Volume 1

The Compleat Busoni, Volume 1
Author: Larry Sitsky
Publisher: ANU Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2023-08-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1760465941

Larry Sitsky, professor emeritus at The Australian National University, is an internationally known composer, pianist, scholar, and teacher. His books are fundamental reference works on subjects such as Australian piano music, the 20th-century avant-garde, the piano music of Anton Rubinstein, the early 20th-century Russian avant-garde, and the classical reproducing piano roll. The Compleat Busoni is the result of Sitsky’s lifelong focus on the composer Ferruccio Busoni. Over three volumes, Sitsky surveys Busoni’s vast output, provides an ending to the unfinished opera Dr. Faust, and presents definitive realisations of the Fantasia Contrappuntistica in two-piano and orchestral versions. New insights into Busoni’s style and aesthetics are an integral aspect of this work.

Mephisto waltz and other works for solo piano

Mephisto waltz and other works for solo piano
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486281477

Choice selection includes: Mephisto Waltz No.1; Nuages Gris; Liebestraume Nos. 1, 2 & 3; Grand Galop Chromatique; Polonaises Nos. 1 & 2; Valse-Impromptu in A-flat Major; and more."

La Nijinska

La Nijinska
Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 729
Release: 2022-04-06
Genre: SPORTS & RECREATION
ISBN: 0197603904

La Nijinska is the first biography of twentieth-century ballet's premier female choreographer, shedding new light on the modern history of ballet, and recuperating the memory of lost works and forgotten artists, all while revealing the sexism that still confronts women choreographers in the ballet world.

College Guide for Performing Arts Majors

College Guide for Performing Arts Majors
Author: Carole J. Everett
Publisher: Peterson's
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2009-09-14
Genre: Art
ISBN: 076892698X

Describes graduate programs in art, dance, music, and theater, and lists undergraduate programs.

Helvetia, The Voyage of 100 Days

Helvetia, The Voyage of 100 Days
Author: John Trethewey
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2014
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1491891866

In this second novel of the Baines Saga trilogy, Baines and Judi Peake are now cruise ship musicians. As a scintillating, dazzling love affair develops, they encounter numerous eccentric and often bizarre passengers and events: a woman carrying a Koala bear, the "own goal" footballer who self-destructs in interview, a divorce announced during a wedding vow renewal ceremony, the Neapolitan Eternals, and countless others. On the luxury Fabergé Express Trans-Australia train, chartered by the cruise line, they learn of a catastrophic engine-room fire aboard the liner. Appointed as Roving Ambassadors by Graf von Lemke for his global hotel chain, they are now Signora and Signor Cantatore. But this rapidly leads to complications, leaving both with a highly uncertain future.

The Music of Liszt

The Music of Liszt
Author: Humphrey Searle
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-12-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486786404

The most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's oeuvre, this survey by a noted musicologist examines the works in chronological order. Subjects include romantic pieces, symphonic poems, songs, symphonies, and other compositions.

Paul Bowles on Music

Paul Bowles on Music
Author: Paul Bowles
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780520236554

"In this wonderfully engaging and informative collection we hear the voice of a different Paul Bowles. Writing on a wide range of subjects--jazz, film music, classical music, popular music, ethnic music--he is direct, opinionated, incisive, analytical, humorous, and passionate."—Millicent Dillon, author of You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles